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Saturday, 30 September 2023

Australian whaling brig Nereus visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

A list reported the arrival at Bay of Islands on 5 September 1836 of the Australian whaling brig Nereus, master Butcher, tonnage 125 tons, homeport New South Wales returning from the sperm oil fishery with a cargo of 350 barrels oil.

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The sessional papers printed by order of the House of Lords session 1837-1838 vol. III, 1838. Letter from captain W. Hobson, HMS Rattlesnake, Port Jackson dated 8 August 1937 to governor Sir Richard Bourke 

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